Instrumentation and control engineering

Instrumentation and control engineering is the study of process variable measurements and controllers. Instrumentation and Control Engineering is a combination of two disciplines Instrumentation Engineering and Control Engineering. Instrumentation and control engineering consisting of field instrument (PLC, DCS, SCADA, sensor, Actuator etc.), control system, automatic equipment or equipment used in industries. Instrumentation & control engineering basically aims to automate industry and improve product quality, stability, reliability and reduce labor costs or human error. Also ICE deals with safety systems like FAS (Fire Alarm System), SIS (Safety Instrumented System), ESD System (Emergency Shutdown System) in power plant. Basically, i&c engineer jobs are available in oil and gas, petrochemical, biomedical, food and beverage, manufacturing industries. Basically the job of Instrumentation and Control Engineer is to design and control the system, maintain the system and minimize the errors in the system and troubleshoot and solve the problems. Instrumentation is basically measurement and control. It measures system parameters that are used to process or control the system. Essentially instrumentation engineers process temperature, pressure, flow and level measurements.

Instrumentation is a combination or combination of electrical, electronics and mechanical essentially various types of mechanical machines used to automate using electrical control panels and programs that calculate and control machine tasks.

Instrumentation engineering is the study of measuring and controlling process variables in a manufacturing or production field. Control engineering, also known as control systems engineering, is the study of control theory for designing systems with desired behavior.

Instrumentation and control engineers work on systems and devices listed below

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

Distributed Control System (DSC)

Safety Instrumented systems (SIS)

Flow Measuring Devices

Level Measuring Devices

Temperature Measuring Devices

Pressure Measuring Devices

Vibration Measuring Devices

Fair and Gas Detectors

Control Valves

Analyzers

Switches

Different equipment listed in this list are used according to the type of industry like oil industry, gas industry, cement plant, chemical plant, power plant.

Instrumentation and control engineer measured parameters is

Pressure Measurement
Flow Measurement
Temperature Measurement
Level Measurement
Density Measurement
Viscosity Measurement
Radiation Measurement
Current Measurement
Voltage Measurement
Inductance Measurement
Capacitance Measurement
Frequency Measurement
Resistivity Measurement
Conductivity Measurement

Documents and drawings used for instrumentation engineers

Documents

Instrument index.
Instrument data sheet
Cable schedule
Bill of material.

Drawing

JB & Instrumentation location drawing.
GA Drawings.
Piping and instrument drawing (P&ID drawing).
Hook up drawing

Future for Instrumentation and Control Graduate

I&C engineers are basically responsible for plant and system design, construction and maintenance of large systems in plants and industries. In the coming year ICE engineers will develop fully automated industries to reduce human effort and improve product quality and final product efficiency. It will also develop new control systems with greater efficiency.

Instrumentation and control engineering job opportunities

Instrumentation and Control Engineering is one of the newer and less popular engineering branches in India, hence the number of graduates entering the market every year. With this advantage, graduates are provided with really good job opportunities in Government as well as private organizations in robotics, electrical, automation, mechanical as well as electronics fields.

Instrumentation and control engineering job Salary

Salaries, especially starting packages, also depend on the companies employing graduates. It depends on the type of job you want to do as well as the college you graduated from. Fresh graduates can expect a salary package of Rs. 3.5 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh per annum. Multi-national companies and government organizations offer relatively better packages than all other companies.

Instrumentation and control engineering popular areas of study

Electronic Devices and Circuits
Transducers and Telemetry
Control System Components
Mechanics of Solids
Microprocessor and Assembly Level Programming
Process Instrumentation
Electronic and Pneumatic Instrumentation
Industrial Electronics and Control

Some good options for Post-Graduation (PG)/Masters after Bachelor in Instrumentation and Control Engineering

ME (Master of Engineering) in Process Control & Instrumentation
ME in Applied Instrumentation
ME in Instrumentation Engineering
M.tech (Master of Technology) in Instrumentation & Control Engineering
M.tech in Process Control & Instrumentation
M.tech in Instrumentation
M.tech in Bio-Medical Signal Processing & Instrumentation
M.tech in Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
M.tech in Control Systems & Instrumentation
M.tech in Process Instrumentation
MS (Master of Science) in Electronics & Instrumentation
MS in Instrumentation Technology
MS in Bioelectronics & Instrumentation

Various courses are available to Instrumentation and Control Engineering?

Basically Instrumentation Engineer is available for various jobs in different industries like Field Engineer, Project Engineer, PLC Programmer, PLC Operator, SCADA Operator, Instrumentation Technician, Automation Engineer etc.

It is a basic course of Instrumentation and Control Engineering